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A Democratic senator and chair of a key committee on Wednesday pressed US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for help in securing legislation to better regulate cryptocurrency, the latest sign of ...

Hakeem Jeffries was elected on Wednesday to become the Democratic Party’s top leader in the U.S. House of Representatives beginning in January, making him the first black American ...

An employee at the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a supervisor fatally shot six people last week, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the company, claiming she and others had ...

Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of toxic anti-Russian behaviour that it said had prompted it to pull out of nuclear arms talks with U.S. officials in Cairo ...

A U.S. judge on Tuesday delayed by two months the scheduled defamation trial of Donald Trump by a writer who accused the former U.S. president of rape. U....

Actor Will Smith addressed the shocking moment he slapped and shouted a vulgarity at comedian Chris Rock for joking about his wife’s hairstyle at this year’s Oscars, saying “...

Prince William and his wife Kate fly out to the United States on Wednesday for their first visit for eight years, as an intense media spotlight on the British royal ...

Russia turns to the Chinese currency amid sanctions Moscow becomes No.4 offshore trading centre for yuan Yuan’s share of Russian FX market jumps from 1 per cent to 45 per cent ...

Spending on Cyber Monday, the biggest US online shopping day, may hit a record $11.6 billion, according to a report, as discounts on everything from pajamas to AirPods drive shoppers to ...

The Pentagon is considering a Boeing proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing Kyiv to strike far behind Russian lines as the ...

By Jamie McGeever As Wall Street reopens after the Thanksgiving holiday, investors are looking for one final push to ensure 2022 ends up being merely grim rather than the bloodbath most ...

Germany’s Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has a stark warning to European companies borrowing from US lenders: They will drop you when times get tough. The caution, spelled out in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will be hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden next week in a rare state visit aimed at highlighting Franco-American friendship rather than the bitter economic ...

Thin crowds of inflation-weary consumers hunted for Black Friday deals at stores in big cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other locales, marking the start of a US ...

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Friday he would support Ron DeSantis in 2024 if the Florida governor, who recently coasted to a second term, were to run for president. DeSantis earlier ...

The United States marked the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday with traditional feasts, parades and American football, taking a moment to celebrate in a week shadowed by gun violence. The official ...

Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on ...

Several people were killed and injured in a shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, including the shooter, police said, just days after a gunman killed at ...

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the release of Donald Trump’s tax returns to a House of Representatives committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had ...

Turkey called on the United States to halt support for a Syrian Kurdish militia on Tuesday after an escalation in retaliatory strikes along the border which prompted Washington to warn ...

U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses, pardoned two turkeys from North Carolina named Chocolate and Chip on Monday, sparing them from Thanksgiving dinner tables. In return, ...

The United States on Monday called for a United Nations Security Council presidential statement to hold North Korea accountable over its missile tests after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile ...

Joe Biden turned 80 on Sunday, making him the first octogenarian president in US history. He is set to celebrate his birthday with a brunch hosted by his wife, Jill, a ...

By Steve Holland and Jason Lange Joe Biden turns 80 on Sunday, making him the first octogenarian president in U.S. history. He is set to celebrate his birthday with a ...